The International Pride Awards seeks to recognize the extraordinary endeavours of people around the world making significant contributions to LGBTIQ+ equality.
The award categories are:
Movement building in the face of hostility
Mobilizing for change and positively impacting LGBTIQ+ lives, despite a hostile and risky environment. (person or organization)
Celebrating Diverse Lives
Championing protection, freedom and equality for trans, gender diverse and intersex people. (person)
Emerging leader
Reimagining LGBTIQ+ liberation for a new generation. (person)
Lifelong pursuit of equality
Pioneering, enduring and far-reaching influence on equality progress. (person)
Extraordinary ally
Celebrating friends of our communities who are passionately enhancing freedom for others. (person)
How it works
Public nominations for the five categories will be open from 17 March to 17 April 2026. From 17 March (at 00:01 UTC) there will be an online form for nominations on this site.
For detailed information about criteria for nominations and who can nominate please see our Nominations page.
The nominations will be verified by the International Pride Awards team, and all information on the forms checked to make sure that the criteria have been met. A long list of nominees for each category will be submitted to our Awards Committee for discussion and evaluation.
Provisional awardees for each category are then subject to a due diligence process.
The awardees will be announced live at a ceremony in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on 5 August 2026, which will be part of WorldPride Amsterdam.
The Awards Committee
A diverse committee from all over the world has been assembled by UNDP and ILGA World. They are all experienced champions of LGBTIQ+ rights and inclusion, working in a broad range of sectors.